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Sunrise and Sunset in NH

Jonathan — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:17:42 +0000

In almost 3 years of living on the NH seacoast I have not got up early enough to take a drive to the beach to see the sunrise. After seeing the beautiful sunrise in Bar Harbor not too long ago we decided to get up early today and see one from Rye Beach.

Something tells me I will do this more often in future. The colours changed so many times from 15 minutes before sunrise to minutes after.

About 10 minutes before sunrise:

Minutes before sunrise:

Sunrise:

The sun clears the horizon:

Wide angle shot of the sunrise:

Truly amazing!

On our way back from York, Maine tonight I drove to the Seacoast Discovery Center and caught a really nice sunset across Great Bay. This location is less than 5 minutes from our house. I will definitely be back!

Seals at Wallis Sands

Jonathan — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:12:52 +0000

It was Martin Luther King day today so Meghan met me for lunch and we took our sandwiches to the beach.

While watching the ocean we noticed a group of seals sat on one of the rocks close to the shore. I was at full zoom to get some of these shots. The ocean was pretty calm but very cold. The images make it look a little warm with the haze in the distance but I can assure you it was a very chilly 17 degrees Fahrenheit (-8 Celsius)!

Labor Day

Jonathan — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:22:21 +0000

We ended our Labor Day with a walk on the beach in Rye and a drive through New Castle and Portsmouth.

Jenness Beach, Rye

A quahog that had been washed up. I saved it from hungry seagulls by returning it to the water!

I like the turtle at the front of this sand castle.

New Castle, NH

A pretty place to lay rest.

New Castle, looking back towards the Wentworth By The Sea.

The Wentworth By The Sea.

Portsmouth Naval Prison, across the water in Kittery, Maine.

Sundown in Portsmouth, NH.

Pulpit Rock Tower

Jonathan — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:37:13 +0000

In Honour of Memorial Day, the “Friends of Pulpit Rock Tower” and “The NH Fish and Game Dept.” opened up the WW2 Pulpit Rock Tower in Rye, NH. The tower was built during WW2 to help defend the New Hampshire coastline and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

The tower was opened once last year but had been cleaned and restored to open today for Memorial Day. The tower may be opened again this year for July 4th.

The tower was 7 stories and provided some good views of the NH coastline looking south.

A video clip of inside the tower:

Summer Sun Photos on WMUR News at 6

Jonathan — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:11:13 +0000

During my lunch break yesterday I drove down to Wallis Sands Beach to take some photos of the beach goers enjoying the spring heatwave. I submitted them to WMUR and they were shown yesterday afternoon on the 6 o’clock news!

Here is a clip:

Odiorne Point Photo on WMUR News9!

Jonathan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:04:42 +0000

One of the pictures in my previous blog post made WMUR’s uLocal Hotshots last night (Tuesday September 8th 2009) on WMUR (ABC)!

Here is a video clip from WMUR News9 at 11!

Lobster Roll Lunch

Jonathan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:01:23 +0000

One of the perks of living and working on the New Hampshire seacoast is the easy access to lots of tasty seafood! I took a trip down to Petey’s Summertime Seafood and Bar on Ocean Blvd. in Rye, NH at lunch today for one of their lobster rolls. Their lobster rolls are the best I have tasted on the seacoast. At $19.61 (including meal taxes) the price is high but the size of the sandwich and quantity of lobster meat still makes it a much better deal than you find at other places.

Hurricane Bill at Jenness Beach

Jonathan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:50:48 +0000

Hurricane Bill passed 150 miles off the coast of New Hampshire this weekend bringing big waves and dangerous rip tides to the states beaches. We spent a few hours on Sunday at Jenness Beach.

The large waves brought big sweeping tides for paddling.

As the tide came in, so did larger waves.

Lifeguards kept watch as high tide approaches:

A presidential jet flew overhead.

Lifeguards get everyone out of the water:

A Rye Police officer helps with clearing the beach:

Following the closure of the beach I went to Wallis Sands where people were watching the coastline take a pounding by the waves: